Cairns

The tropical rainforest north of Mossman, at around 1200 square kilometres is the largest on the Australian mainland. The Daintree National Park contains exotic flora and fauna which represent eight major stages in the earth's evolutionary history, including the Age of Pteridophytes, the Age of the Conifers and Cycads, the Age of the Angiosperms, the final break-up of Gondwana, biological evolution and radiation during thirty-five million years of isolation, the origin and radiation of the songbirds, the mixing of the continental biota of the Australian and Asian plates and the extreme effects of the Pleistocene glacial periods on tropical rainforest vegetation. The most important living record of the evolutionary history of the marsupials, songbirds and terrestrial vegetation, from the very first land plants to the higher angiosperms, is contained within the area.

In the heart of the Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation is incredibly beautiful and is one of the only rainforests in Australia that runs right down to the water's edge. The wet tropical rainforests here are now protected by World Heritage Laws allowing tourist to visit the unspoilt virgin rainforest and crystal clear jungle creeks.